Missouri flu cases climb during Valentine’s week

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KM(Z)

Missouri saw an influx of influenza cases between Feb. 8-14, according to data from the state’s Department of Health and Senior Services.

The state’s dashboard shows there were 9,114 cases of flu that week – with 4,779 being flu A and 4,318 being flu B and 17 described as “untyped cases.” That’s more than 1,000 total cases from the week before.

Influenza illness activity is described as “very high,” with the weekly percent positivity being up nearly 21%, the dashboard says. The dashboard says 6.9% of all emergency visits in the state were because of the flu.

This flu season, there have been 64,612 flu A cases reported and 17,086 identified as flu B.